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on the subject of nature even more salamanders on the subject of nature a blog about the natural world around us whether it be birds insects plants geology or more friday april 4 2014 even more salamanders i went out herping once again thursday night april 3 with some fellow wildlife and conservation biology students from ohio university we went to the same place as last time state route 356 in athens county sadly there wasn t any salamander migration going on like there was the other night but we did find some salamanders and some other interesting things let s start with the star of the night this is a marbled salamander ambystoma opacum this one raised quite the stir among our group besides being a lifer for almost all of us the coloration of this salamander is amazing this species does not migrate in the spring and instead breeds in the fall we only found this one because we decided to flip a large chunk of concrete on the side of the road the marbled salamander is uncommon in ohio it has been recorded in 26 counties of the 88 but some of the counties that have no records surely have populations that just haven t been found for example hocking county has no record of them but i m sure hocking county has them somewhere the thing is marbled salamanders spend most of their year underground which obviously makes it hard to find them these two slender slimy salamanders are the eastern red backed salamander plethodon cinereus these are really common salamanders in ohio there are two different color morphs that can be found in ohio the red backed shown above and a lead morph not shown they are found most often underground and under rocks and logs in moist forests red backed salamanders need a moist environment because they are lungless salamanders since they do not have lungs they instead breathe through their skin which must be kept moist since their skin is so permeable these guys like the eastern red spotted newt i mentioned a few posts back are very sensitive to pollutants in their environment as they will absorb them directly into their body okay so this one isn t from thursday night this photo is actually from a few weeks ago at the ridges in athens athens county the salamander in question is a southern two lined salamander eurycea cirrigera this one was found in a small creek under a rock this species is found in the southern two thirds of ohio there were actually a couple within a pretty small area of the creek i found two adults and a juvenile one that still had external gills this is not a salamander if you couldn t tell regardless i love these little guys and wanted to throw one in this is a spring peeper pseudacris crucifer as you can see from the x on its back i ve covered more on these guys on another post of my blog which can be found here if you re interested herping frogs a toad and more these were so loud thursday night which is when this one s photo was taken that my ears were ringing for over an hour when i came home this is also not a salamander but i m still throwing it in while walking through a swampy area along the road i came across a small patch of tiny wildflowers this is the harbinger of spring erigenia bulbosa this is actually the first wildflower i ve come across this year and i was very excited when i stumbled across it as the name implies this is one of the first wildflowers to bloom in the spring i almost passed it these are so very tiny think clover sized alright that was a long enough post hopefully you enjoyed it thanks for reading posted by kyle brooks at 5 38 pm email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels nature ohio photography parks amphibians athens county ohio herping salamanders wildflowers no comments post a comment newer post older post home subscribe to post comments atom about me kyle brooks view my complete profile about this blog the natural world is filled with incredible and intriguing plants animals and places on the subject of nature aims to 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